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Desta House at the Deutsche Bausausstellung 1931 in Berlin, Germany, by Hans & Wassili Luckhardt

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Cantilever Chair by Hans and Wassili Luckhardt

STYLE: Bauhaus DESIGNER: Hans and Wassili Luckhardt COUNTRY: Germany MANUFACTURER: Thonet MODEL: SS 33 MATERIAL: chrome-plated tubular steel, stained beechwood YEAR: 1928

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House Paschen (1925-27) in Berlin, Germany, by Hans & Wassili Luckhardt with Alfons Anker. Demolished in 2015.

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In their time the brothers Hans & Wassili Luckhardt were spearheads of modernist architecture and technology: their experimental housing development on Schorlemerallee (1924-30) and the houses at Am Rupenhorn (1929-30), both in Berlin, are indelible parts of 20th century architecture included in the major surveys of the modern movement. In view of their historical significance it is remarkable that the last comprehensive survey of their work dates back to 1990 when the Akademie der Künste devoted an exhibition and publication to the work of the brothers. Almost three-and-a-half decades later Carsten Krohn dedicates the latest volume in his series of surveys of key modern architects to the Luckhardts. Again written together with Michele Stavagna and published by Birkhäuser, it collects their 40 realized projects and documents them, where still extant, in new photographs and plans that capture the impressive quality of their work.

The visual documentation is complemented by Krohn’s and Stavagna’s essays that provide artistic as well as technological insights into the Luckhardts’ varied oeuvre. They first received attention as contributors to the „Gläserne Kette“, the utopian correspondence initiated by Bruno Taut in 1919 to discuss and fantasize about architecture. In their drawings the brothers showed quite differing ideas about a future architecture: while Hans leaned towards expressive forms, Wassili focused on structural aspects as basis for his designs. But although in their first projects the expressionist forms dominated, in the long run rational forms prevailed. Their proving ground became a plot on Schorlemerallee where they experimented with brickwork, steel framing and concrete but also realized their own studio together with their partner Alfons Anker.

With the power grab of the National Socialists their career markedly slowed down and Alfons Anker had to flee to Sweden. In the years following they survived on private commissions but successfully continued their work after the end of the war.

With their latest book the duo Krohn/Stavagna provide a long overdue new survey of a significant German architectural practice. Highly recommended!